Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands from the Taliban

by Chad Robichaux, David L. Thomas (With), Glenn Beck (Foreword by)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The captivating and inspiring true story of how Marine and MMA fighter Chad Robichaux's fight to rescue the Afghan interpreter who served alongside him turned into a rescue of over 17,000 lives during the Fall of Aghanistan in 2021.

Now a Wall Street Journal Bestseller

It was the right thing to do. And someone had to do it.

Aziz was more than an interpreter for Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux during Chad's eight deployments to Afghanistan. He was a teammate, brother, and friend. More than once, Aziz saved Chad's life. And then he needed Chad to save his.

When President Joe Biden announced in April 2021 that the United States would be making a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, Robichaux knew he had to get Aziz and his family out before Taliban forces took over the country. As the rescue team began to go to work, they became aware of thousands more—US citizens, Afghan allies, women, and children—facing persecution.

This gripping account of two war heroes and friends puts human hearts and names alongside the headlines of one of the most harrowing moments in our history, giving you a closer look at:

• The resilience of Afghanistan and its people
• The twenty-year war that took place under four presidents
• A mission accomplished and the work that’s still to be done

Saving Aziz is more than a story of war and rescue: it's about breaking down prejudice and apathy—and why risking it all is worth it when it comes to loving one another.

Praise for Saving Aziz:

"Saving Aziz is the story of two warriors...brought together by war and a brotherhood forged through years of battling...for the cause of freedom and captures the heroic efforts of those who took action to not only rescue Aziz and his family in the US withdrawal but thousands of others."

—Tim Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author, US Army Special Forces, Sniper

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781400238132
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	01/17/2023
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	89,011
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Chad Robichaux is a bestselling author, speaker, and humanitarian. As a former Force Recon Marine and DoD Contractor, Chad served on eight deployments to Afghanistan as part of a Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Task Force. After overcoming his personal battles with PTSD and nearly becoming a veteran suicide statistic, Chad founded the Mighty Oaks Foundation, a leading non-profit that serves the active duty, military veteran, and first responder communities around the world with highly successful faith-based resiliency and recovery programs. Chad is regularly featured on national media and has been a contributor to Fox News, Newsmax, and The Blaze. Chad's life story was notably shared in a short film by I Am Second, and is the focus of the documentaries, Never Fight Alone and Escape from Afghanistan. Currently, a motion picture movie is being produced based on Chad's Wall Street Journal–bestselling book, Saving Aziz.

Chad is also a former special agent, professional world mixed martial arts champion, fourth degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and a committed follower of Christ who has been married to his wife, Kathy, for twenty-eight years. Chad and Kathy reside in Texas, and they have two daughters, two sons, and three granddaughters. Through his resilience, passion, and selflessness heart to serve others, Chad Robichaux remains an inspiring figure to many around the world.